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Accounting and finance

September 2026

  • Tiny people explore giant stacked books surrounded by scales, a beaker, easel and protractor, representing university subjects

    University Guide 2027
    Best UK universities for accounting & finance – league table

    The study of the rules, standards and methods involved in recording financial information within organisations

June 2026

  • Don Egginton for other lives

    Other lives
    Don Egginton obituary

    Other lives: Economist and head of department at Bristol University with a parallel occupation as an accomplished artist

September 2025

  • Uni guide 2026 - Ranking

    University Guide 2026
    Best UK universities for accounting & finance – league table

    The study of the rules, standards and methods involved in recording financial information within organisations

September 2024

  • Uni Guide 2025 - Subject table

    University Guide 2025
    Best UK universities for accounting & finance – league table

    The study of the rules, standards and methods involved in recording financial information within organisations

September 2023

  • Uni Guide 2024 "Subject Tables"

    University Guide 2024
    Best UK universities for accounting & finance – league table

    The study of the rules, standards and methods involved in recording financial information within organisations

September 2022

  • Guardian University Guide 2023 Online 01 Holding Image

    University Guide 2023
    Best UK universities for accounting & finance – league table

    The study of the rules, standards and methods involved in recording financial information within organisations

September 2020

  • Low angle view looking down Lime Street to Lloyds of London Building,

    University Guide 2025
    University subject profile: accounting and finance

    An all-encompassing study of the rules, standards and methods involved in recording financial information within organisations

February 2020

  • Apprenticeships for Morrisons Press Handout for Apprenticeships Supplement

    Alternatives to uni: how to get an elite job without student debt

    If you’re looking to enter a highly-skilled profession such as banking, insurance or law, going to university isn’t the only route to a top career

August 2019

  • Female apprentice electrician in car factory

    Clearing 2019
    University isn't for everyone: alternatives to going through clearing

    Apprenticeships are on the up for students who want to develop their skills in the workplace, rather than the lecture hall

June 2019

  • Many graduates find roles in management consultancy, investment banking and financial management.

    University Guide 2020
    University subject profile: accounting and finance

    An all-encompassing study of the rules, standards and methods involved in recording financial information within organisations

November 2018

  • FILE PHOTO: A Starbucks Corp drive-through location in Oceanside<br>FILE PHOTO: A Starbucks Corp drive-through location closes down for anti-bias training in Oceanside, California, U,S., May 29, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK AHEAD

    double quotation markBusiness education helps create a culture where the profit justifies the means

    Berend van der Kolk
    Business students learn about accounting techniques, but not enough about ethics. This is why corporate scandals persist

October 2016

  • Aude Leonetti

    Other lives
    Aude Leonetti obituary

    Other lives: Executive director of learning for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

March 2016

  • QS rankings 2016
    QS world university rankings 2016: accounting and finance

    The top 50 universities in the world for accounting and finance, as ranked by higher education data specialists QS

February 2016

  • Dice on stock market pages

    double quotation markQ: What did universities learn from the financial crash? A: Nothing

    Atul K Shah
    Most finance education is morally bankrupt. We must stop peddling dangerous lies to our students

April 2015

  • QS world university rankings 2015: accounting and finance

    The top 100 universities in the world for accounting and finance, as ranked by higher education data specialists QS

March 2015

  • HMRC website page. Critics of the coalition's tax evasion crackdown fear innocent people will be snared by the new rules.

    Coalition Britain
    Companies aiding tax evaders will be criminally liable

    New offence of corporate failure to prevent tax evasion, and offshore dodgers face ‘strict liability’ criminal charge

February 2015

  • Accounting and finance postgraduate and master's courses in 2015

    Study of the rules, standards and methods involved in recording financial information within organisations

November 2014

  • Grand Cayman tourists

    double quotation markWe know how to eradicate tax abuse. So why aren’t businesses doing it?

    Richard Murphy
    Richard Murphy: Executives claim they’re acting in shareholders’ interests, yet aggressive avoidance harms a company and all its stakeholders
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